“We’re moving.” Those words can cause a rush of panic for anyone, but for my twelve-year-old self with a bent toward anxiety, that statement completely rocked my world. And we weren’t just moving across town, either. This wasn’t even a move to a new city; we were headed across the country. In an effort … Read more
**Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.** I grew up watching my dad get up each morning and tuck himself in the back room of our home. He left early for work, since he … Read more
**Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.** There’s nothing particularly magical about January, but for many of us, the new year marks a new beginning. We get to say goodbye to one year, and … Read more
I had a dream the other night, one I haven’t been able to stop thinking about. I was at dinner with a group of friends, and when one friend stood to get seconds, he said, “I actually think people lose when they marry in their own league.” Dream-me had turned to him with a … Read more
God’s hand is at work. Always. And often behind the scenes. So often I doubt God’s ability to work out His will in my life. I doubt my ability to hear Him. I was doing that this morning. Telling God once again that the dreams on my heart are impossible and we might as well … Read more
Hope is a funny thing, isn’t it? It’s one of those words that’s often hard to define, yet we use it so frequently. Hope is a feeling of expectation that something will happen or a feeling of trust. We often connect hope with something in the future. But God’s been challenging me lately with the … Read more